WLBZ interviews student about efforts to raise funds, awareness of cancer
WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with fourth-year University of Maine student Matt Dexter about his efforts to raise funds and awareness for cancer. Dexter is the president and founder of the Christine B. Foundation — named in honor of his mother who died of stomach cancer when he was 13. To positively affect people fighting cancer, he has organized a seven-day relay run this July that begins in Portland, Maine and ends in New York City. Throughout the event, runners will stop at hospitals along the way to deliver care bags to patients and their families, bringing a little hope and strength to those who need it, according to the report. “We’re trying to form a well-rounded support system that we can give to everyone affected by cancer, and that is quite a lot of people,” Dexter said.